Feminine

invidia

Meaning

  1. (declension-1, feminine) envy, grudge, grudging, jealousy, prejudice, spite
  2. (declension-1, feminine) odium, unpopularity, dislike, hatred, infamy, malice, resentment, ill-will

Synonyms

līvor

aemulātiō

Pronounced as (IPA)
[ɪnˈwɪ.di.a]
Etymology

From invidus (“envious”), from invideō (“envy, grudge”). Cognate with Proto-Slavic *zavistь (“envy”), Proto-Slavic *nenavistь (“hate”), Proto-Slavic *obvida (“resentment, indignation”). Compare typologically dēspiciō (whence English despise).

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